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If you're in Texas, you probably had tamales for Christmas, New Year's Eve, or both. Now you've got extra tamales in your fridge and freezer and you're probably wondering if there's anything you can do with them besides re-heat them and serve with a side of rice and beans.

Faced with this dilemma and a hodge-podge of ingredients around my house, I still managed to turn out a delicious tamale casserole. For the following recipe I used pork tamales, although beef or bean would work well, too. The beans were black beans, but pinto beans would've served equally well. As for the cheese, I recommend cheddar, jack or cojito, but don't be afraid to use whatever is cluttering up the fridge.

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For all my childhood we had tamales brought by the family down the way. Now we have to make special arrangements, and this year they fell through. If this keeps up, I'm going to have to learn to make tamales.